Prateek Surisetti
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"Just got through quite a boring foreword.
Hope it gets better henceforth." — Apr 04, 2023 07:15AM
"Just got through quite a boring foreword.
Hope it gets better henceforth." — Apr 04, 2023 07:15AM
“On the pathless path, the goal is not to find a job, make money, build a business, or achieve any other metric. It’s to actively and consciously search for the work that you want to keep doing. This is one of the most important secrets of the pathless path. With this approach, it doesn’t make sense to chase any financial opportunity if you can’t be sure that you will like the work. What does make sense is experimenting with different kinds of work, and once you find something worth doing, working backward to build a life around being able to keep doing it.”
― The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
― The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
“Angela Vicario only dared hint at the inconvenience of a lack of love, but her mother quickly demolished it with one single phrase:
'Love can be learned too.”
― Chronicle of a Death Foretold
'Love can be learned too.”
― Chronicle of a Death Foretold
“meta-awareness. Becoming aware of what you’re thinking about is one of the best practices for managing your attention. The more you notice what’s occupying your attentional space, the faster you can get back on track when your mind begins to wander, which it does a remarkable 47 percent of the time.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
“Ask yourself: After consuming one of those products, will you be happy with how you invested your time and attention?”
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
“One study found that when we continually switch between tasks, our work takes 50 percent longer, compared with doing one task from start to completion.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
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